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[ZESTCaste] Jan Lokpal Bill Contents Draconian Clauses

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Jan Lokpal Bill Contents Draconian Clauses
- Citizens for Social Justice -

Hyderabad, September 6, 2011,

Jan Lokpal Bill Contents Draconian Clauses

Citizens for Social Justice
P. O. Box 2174,
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500003

Jan Lokpal Bill Contents Draconian Clauses
Team Anna's Civil Society Does Represent the Nation
Let 2014 General Election Decide on Jan Lokpal Bill

Citizens for Social Justice consisting of Prof Kancha Ilaiah, Dr. John
Dayal – member of National Integration Council, Dr. Joseph D'souza –
President of All India Christian Council and many eminent leaders from
Muslim, Dalist and OBC address in a press conference held at Hyderabad
on Jan Lokpal Bill.

The Jan Lokpal prepared by the Anna Hazare's Team has such draconian
clauses if that institution is established as they suggested, the
Indian constitution and the parliamentary democracy will simply get
into a crisis."

We as the representatives of the SC/ST/BC Minority communities are of
the firm opinion that only after this constitutional governance is put
in place, as it was laboriously institutionalized by Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar and other nationalist leaders, the representatives of these
communities, even in a marginal way, occupied some positions in the
state sector. The system has improved the socioeconomic status of the
historically oppressed masses in a marginal way. But for the present
constitutional system even that would not have been possible.

Our experience is that normally the best of the upper caste forces
hesitate to implement reservations keeping thousands of posts vacant.

Though very few could occupy the unreserved higher positions, the way
in which the upper caste media and officialdom choose and pick
Dalits/OBC and Minorities' representatives in the administration and
harass them is shocking.

A Lokpal Bill of such powers (whether of Government or of other
groups) should be placed before the people as part of political
parties' manifestoes in the general elections. If the BJP and the Team
Anna think that the entire nation is with them they should go to
election with Jan Lokpal Bill in 2014 and get the approval of the
majority."

Even the Government Bill, in whatever form it could be, has to be
debated by the whole nation in the elections of 2014.

They cannot make us believe that corruption cannot be handled with the
existing laws just for two more years. In India's caste culture if a
Dalit or Aadivasi comes to position of eating two meal a day and can
send one's children to school he/she is branded as corrupt. And if an
upper caste person builds a house of 400 crore rupees for a small
family living he/she is not treated as corrupt. The definition of
corruption differs greatly between Dalit-Bahujan, Minorities and
Hindutva Anna Hazare forces. Only a national referendum on this issue
protects the constitution and democracy.

We appeal to all the SC/ST/BC and Minority law makers of the country
to oppose this mode of introduction of Lokpal Bill and stop it as they
have done in the case of Women's Reservation Bill. We appeal to the
ruling UPA not to yield to the Hindutva Hazare's political blackmail.
The SC/ST/BC and Minorities cannot be deceived with hunger strikes as
they were at the time of the POONA PACT.

Released by
Moses Vattipalli,
Media In charge


* This Press Release was sent by All India Christian Council
The sender can be contacted at aiccdelhi(at)gmail(dot)com
This PR was webcasted on September 06 2011 .


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